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As Omicron sweeps through Zimbabwe, how are people responding?

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 hits Zimbabwe, multiple impacts are evident. As Ian Scoones explores, rapid responses mean the learning cycle had sped up; farming has been disrupted; and people questioning the politics of control imposed by lockdowns. However, despite the global concern about the potential spread of what…
Ian Scoones
20 Dec 2021
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22 November 2021
Statistics in the Humanitarian Sector: Disasters

Statistics in the Humanitarian Sector: Disasters

On Monday 22 November 2021 between 12:00-17:00 GMT, the Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), are hosting a hybrid round-table event on ‘Statistics in the Humanitarian Sector: Disasters’.
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Technical workshops: Call for applications

6th September 2021
SSHAP is developing a series of workshops to provide practical guidance to respond to emergencies based on social science evidence. We are inviting applications for these short, tailored workshops in response to specific issues and problems to be held between October 2021 and January 2022.
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Building preparedness against future COVID-19 waves in India

This blog argues that India and countries across the world need to implement short-term measures for immediate pandemic relief, but also take medium- and long-term steps to build robust processes to deliver effective responses against future waves.
Mihir Bhatt, Mehul Pandya, Megan Schmidt-Sane, Lyla Mehta, Shilpi Srivastava
16 Aug 2021
Colorized Marburg virus particles viewed with a transmission electron microscope
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Marburg in Guinea: what we know from other disease outbreaks

Marburg virus disease, a haemorrhagic fever, has been identified for the first time in West Africa. Take a look at SSHAP's relevant resources in relation to the social dimensions and response to epidemic outbreaks.
Megan Schmidt-Sane, Tabitha Hrynick
12 Aug 2021
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Apply now for the next SSHAP fellowship

14th June 2021
The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) is delighted to launch the call for applications for the Fellowship Programme to begin in September 2021. 
SSHAP Fellows
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Meet the new SSHAP Fellows

28th April 2021
Meet the new SSHAP fellows from East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa and Asia. The fellows will have the benefit of working closely with leading thinkers and practitioners from within the SSHAP partnership.
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Strengthening responses to epidemics

Integrating social science perspectives into emergency preparedness and response is becoming proven and accepted practice due to the work of SSHAP
19 Apr 2021
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Vaccine politics in Zimbabwe

Covid vaccines are particularly political in Zimbabwe as competing powers jostle for position, each trying to show their benevolence towards Africa.
Ian Scoones
16 Mar 2021
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Podcast: The social and emotional side of vaccine hesitancy

In the latest episode of IDS’ Between the Lines Podcast, Melissa Leach joins Anthropologist and Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project Heidi Larson to discuss her new book Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start and Why They Don't Go Away.
3 Mar 2021